Voter reaction

May. 19, 2010 12:00 AMThe Arizona Republic

'YES' VOTERS

"I voted for (Proposition 100) mostly for the education. My son will be attending kindergarten next year, and if Prop. 100 passes, the school will fund all-day kindergarten. If not, he probably won't attend."

- Carly Fife, 29, Gilbert

"I have grandkids in school here. I don't know if it (the tax increase) will do them any good, but that's my reason."

- David Wollenberg, 63, Phoenix

"I voted for reluctantly. If I didn't have a child in public schools, I would have voted against."

- Mike Skully, 53, Mesa

"As a school employee I had to protect my district. It's a lot of money and a lot of jobs."

- Enrique Ruiz, 34, Mesa

"It's important to keep those services going. I got laid off myself so I know what it's like to lose a job. A penny won't make that big of a difference."

- Debbie Baird, 33, Chandler

'NO' VOTERS

"There are other areas we can cut from to make up for the shortfalls. They are just using scare tactics by threatening education and public safety."

- Bill May, 41, Chandler

"I pay a lot of taxes now."

- Teresa Namock, Gilbert

"We already pay enough. We need to cut back on what we are already spending."

- David Nau, 52, Gilbert

"What they need to do is manage the money they have. We pay a lot of taxes. We buy a lot and tourists buy a lot."